{"id":83551,"date":"2022-07-19T02:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=83551"},"modified":"2022-07-19T02:46:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:46:42","slug":"83551","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=83551","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andmagazine.substack.com\/p\/what-happens-when-the-taliban-gets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Happens When The Taliban Gets Ahold Of Pakistan&#8217;s Nuclear Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All administrations attempt to put a certain amount of spin on reality. They tried to paint things in the most positive light. The Biden administration has taken this to an entirely new level. It has dispensed with reality entirely.\u00a0<em>It has created a completely fictional universe.<\/em><br \/>\nA few weeks ago the Biden administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/12\/us\/politics\/isis-drone-strike-syria.html\" rel=\"\">trumpeted<\/a>\u00a0the killing of a not particularly significant terrorist leader in Syria. This was obviously intended to convey the message that Joe takes threats to the homeland seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Central Asia,\u00a0<em>a new terrorist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/andmagazine.com\/talk\/2022\/02\/08\/the-runup-to-the-next-9-11-has-already-begun\/\" rel=\"\">super state<\/a>\u00a0that dwarfs anything previously seen<\/em>\u00a0is being completely ignored. Afghanistan is not just under the control of the Taliban. It is now a terror behemoth armed to the teeth with the latest in American weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghan Taliban that now rules in Kabul have made a formal alliance with the Pakistani Taliban \u2013 their brothers in arms.\u00a0<em>Open war has been declared on Pakistan<\/em>. The Pakistani Taliban have made clear their intention to overthrow the government in Islamabad and create and substitute \u2013 an Islamic state.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"embedded-post-publication-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffcf5b953-8279-44b9-80a5-fa3338a76441_482x482.png\" \/><span class=\"embedded-post-publication-name\">AND Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-post-wrap\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;id&quot;:51540722,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/andmagazine.substack.com\/p\/the-white-flag-will-be-hoisted-over&quot;,&quot;publication_id&quot;:746580,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;AND Magazine&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/fcf5b953-8279-44b9-80a5-fa3338a76441_482x482.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;The White Flag Will Be Hoisted Over Islamabad\\&quot; - The Taliban Take Aim At Pakistan&quot;,&quot;truncated_body_text&quot;:&quot;Throughout the American presence in Afghanistan, the Pakistanis played a double game. They pretended to support us while actively working with the Taliban against us. Our erstwhile allies smiled in our face while stabbing us in the back. The bill for this duplicity is now coming due.&quot;,&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2022-04-03T16:21:11.381Z&quot;,&quot;like_count&quot;:17,&quot;comment_count&quot;:3,&quot;bylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:28080362,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Sam Faddis&quot;,&quot;previous_name&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/d57b1182-9fdc-4784-aba5-9a99d9b62837_512x512.jpeg&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Retired CIA Operations Officer. Served in Near East and South Asia. Author, commentator. Senior Editor AND Magazine. Public Speaker. Host of Ground Truth.&quot;,&quot;profile_set_up_at&quot;:&quot;2022-02-13T17:20:23.995Z&quot;,&quot;publicationUsers&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:682851,&quot;user_id&quot;:28080362,&quot;publication_id&quot;:746580,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;admin&quot;,&quot;public&quot;:true,&quot;is_primary&quot;:false,&quot;publication&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:746580,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;AND Magazine&quot;,&quot;subdomain&quot;:&quot;andmagazine&quot;,&quot;custom_domain&quot;:null,&quot;custom_domain_optional&quot;:false,&quot;hero_text&quot;:&quot;Expert Analysis &amp; Commentary on Politics, National Security, Foreign Policy and more.\\n\\nSenior Editor, Sam Faddis&quot;,&quot;logo_url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/fcf5b953-8279-44b9-80a5-fa3338a76441_482x482.png&quot;,&quot;author_id&quot;:76456833,&quot;theme_var_background_pop&quot;:&quot;#2096FF&quot;,&quot;created_at&quot;:&quot;2022-02-11T19:31:07.169Z&quot;,&quot;rss_website_url&quot;:null,&quot;email_from_name&quot;:&quot;AND Magazine&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;AND Magazine &quot;,&quot;founding_plan_name&quot;:&quot;Founding Member&quot;,&quot;community_enabled&quot;:true,&quot;invite_only&quot;:false}}],&quot;is_guest&quot;:false}],&quot;utm_campaign&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"embedded-post-title\">&#8220;The White Flag Will Be Hoisted Over Islamabad&#8221; &#8211; The Taliban Take Aim At Pakistan<\/div>\n<div class=\"embedded-post-body\">Throughout the American presence in Afghanistan, the Pakistanis played a double game. They pretended to support us while actively working with the Taliban against us. Our erstwhile allies smiled in our face while stabbing us in the back. The bill for this duplicity is now coming due\u2026<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"embedded-post\" href=\"https:\/\/andmagazine.substack.com\/p\/the-white-flag-will-be-hoisted-over?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web\" rel=\"\"><span class=\"embedded-post-read-more\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-post-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>Pakistani security services are fighting an intensifying insurgency.<\/em><\/strong> Casualties are mounting. Increasingly the insurgents are found to be armed with American weapons and even utilizing American manufactured vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Graphic<br \/>In Pakistan, during clashes in the tribal areas, security forces killed 10 fighters Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP). in North  Waziristan the security forces started a shootout, in which six fighters  were killed neutralized. The 2nd skirmish took place <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezRBt79zFs\">pic.twitter.com\/ezRBt79zFs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erfan (@erfanyousafzai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erfanyousafzai\/status\/1548249578050244614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the entire struggle is taking an increasingly dangerous direction because the economic stability of the nation-state of Pakistan is seriously threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan is heavily dependent on both Russian and Ukrainian wheat. Both of those supplies have now been interrupted. Serious hunger is now a genuine threat.<\/p>\n<p>The rise in oil prices has also hit Pakistan hard. Between 2020 and 2021 the cost of oil imports to Pakistan rose by 85%. As of the end of June 2022, Pakistan\u2019s trade deficit stood at $50 billion. That was an over 50% increase over the year before. The government in Islamabad was forced to issue an order forbidding the import of over 800 luxury items to keep the deficit from going even higher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inflation in June rose to 20%.<\/strong>\u00a0The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut off subsidies. The prices of both oil and gas have skyrocketed.<\/p>\n<p>The value of the Pakistani rupee has collapsed. Pakistan\u2019s foreign exchange reserves have been cut in half.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank is warning that Pakistan could soon face \u201cmacroeconomic instability.\u201d Societal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/feature\/pakistan%E2%80%99s-coming-collapse-should-worry-world-203545\" rel=\"\">collapse<\/a>\u00a0would soon follow such an event. Pakistan has limped along for decades with an anemic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orfonline.org\/expert-speak\/pakistan-economy-provisional-budget-fanciful-figures\/\" rel=\"\">economy<\/a>, widespread corruption, and domestic instability. It does not have the reserves \u2013 financial or otherwise\u00a0\u2013 to withstand significant economic stressors.<\/p>\n<p>Oil refineries are on the verge of closing down because of a lack of oil imports. Power outages of 10-12 hours are now routine. Put simply, Pakistan has run out of money. The chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue has described the nation as \u201cbankrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The world has just seen Sri Lanka collapse under the weight of the economic forces sweeping the globe. There is nothing unique about that event. What happened in that island nation will soon occur all around the world as economies implode under the pressure of rampant inflation and collapsing supplies of critical materials like food and fuel.<\/p>\n<p>In Pakistan, an economic collapse will cripple the ability of the military to continue to combat the Taliban. It will also turn loose all the fury of the ethnic, religious, and tribal hatreds the nation has combatted since independence. Major cities like Karachi and Lahore will explode into violence. Areas along the Afghan border will rapidly cease \u2013 in any meaningful fashion \u2013 to be under the control of Islamabad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistan\u2019s energy crisis &amp; sky-high inflation have Pakistanis in fury. Take a look as hundreds gather in protest of skyrocketing electricity prices and load shedding. Today, I measure PAK\u2019s inflation at a stunning 40%\/yr.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wpHm8wro53\">pic.twitter.com\/wpHm8wro53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1542993951816200192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy Vermaut shares:Pakistan: Residents of Bannu City hold protests over unscheduled power outages: Bannu City [Pakistan], July 8 (ANI): Against the unscheduled and frequent power outages in Pakistan, the residents of Bannu city took to the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2xnMlMOc3n\">https:\/\/t.co\/2xnMlMOc3n<\/a> Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SJkasjVv4p\">pic.twitter.com\/SJkasjVv4p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Vermaut (@AndyVermaut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyVermaut\/status\/1545481992942170113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All of this will happen in a nation armed with somewhere in the neighborhood of 200\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/premium\/2021-09\/nuclear-notebook-how-many-nuclear-weapons-does-pakistan-have-in-2021\/\" rel=\"\">nuclear weapons<\/a>. Those weapons are fully operational and forward deployed to operational commanders around the country to facilitate their early use in any conflict with India.\u00a0<em><strong>The potential for nuclear weapons to be seized by insurgents or simply handed over to them by sympathetic military commanders is increasing by the day.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistan has more nuclear weapons than India and Israel: International Report <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V0Sw7PjzuQ\">pic.twitter.com\/V0Sw7PjzuQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Startup Pakistan (@PakStartup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PakStartup\/status\/1536773914591907849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These weapons are fully operational. Pakistan also possesses the means to deliver these weapons to its targets. That includes aircraft and missiles. All of those systems will be at risk when Pakistan collapses as well. We may very well wake up one morning and find not only that an Islamic Emirate now exists in what was once Pakistan, but that this radical Islamic state enjoys the capacity to kill millions, if not hundreds of millions, of people throughout South and Central Asia.<\/p>\n<p>It is said that elections have consequences.\u00a0<em>That has never been truer<\/em>. We are now living with the consequences of what happened in 2020 when a corrupt incompetent was installed in the White House. Those consequences will get much, much worse.<\/p>\n<p>A terrorist super state is expanding even as its nuclear-armed neighbor stands on the verge of disintegration. Joe Biden and his mandarins will do nothing to rectify the situation. The whole world may soon find out what happens when the Taliban gets ahold of Pakistan\u2019s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Happens When The Taliban Gets Ahold Of Pakistan&#8217;s Nuclear Arsenal All administrations attempt to put a certain amount of spin on reality. They tried to paint things in the most positive light. The Biden administration has taken this to an entirely new level. 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